1996 North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Annual Book Award
An outstanding contribution to feminist analysis of sport from the nineteenth century to the present day. Jennifer Hargreaves views sport as a battle for control of the physical body and an important area for feminist intervention. Placing women at the centre of discussion, no other book is as comprehensive.
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Hargreave's book will be valuable to those interested in British women's sports and the sociology of sports.
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Sporting Females is an extremely readable and comprehensive account of historical and contemporary issues in British women's sport over the past century. Also included are discussions of developments in women's sport in other countries, mainly in the western world.
–RFR/DRF Volume 24 Number 1 & 2
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Sporting Females is an extremely readable and comprehensive account of historical and contemporary issues in British women's sport over the past century. Also included are discussions of developments in women's sport in other countries, mainly in the western world.
–RFR/DRF Volume 24 Number 1 & 2
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Although for a century or more organized sports have occupied a central position in British cultural life, until comparatively recently they have been a neglected area of historical and sociological analysis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elite female sports, constitutional overstrain, other female sports, conspicuous recreation, traditional male sports, sporting femininity, female sporting body, sports development officers, physical education profession, sports resources, physical education specialists, mixed sports, sports sociology, female physical education, figurational sociology, sporting females, medical gymnastics, female competitors, mainstream sports, elite girls, female exercise, athletic image, female physique, sporting woman, male coaches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sports Council, Madame Osterberg, North America, Olympic Games, First World War, New Zealand, New Games, News of the World, Women's Sports Foundation, London School Board, Summer Olympics, Suzanne Lenglen, Dartford College, Los Angeles, United States, Anstey College, Barcelona Olympics, Daily Mirror, English Channel, Football Association, Ling Association, Miss Buss, Regent Street Polytechnic, Social Darwinism, South African New!
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Although for a century or more organized sports have occupied a central position in British cultural life, until comparatively recently they have been a neglected area of historical and sociological analysis. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elite female sports, constitutional overstrain, other female sports, conspicuous recreation, traditional male sports, sporting femininity, female sporting body, sports development officers, physical education profession, sports resources, physical education specialists, mixed sports, sports sociology, female physical education, figurational sociology, sporting females, medical gymnastics, female competitors, mainstream sports, elite girls, female exercise, athletic image, female physique, sporting woman, male coaches Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sports Council, Madame Osterberg, North America, Olympic Games, First World War, New Zealand, New Games, News of the World, Women's Sports Foundation, London School Board, Summer Olympics, Suzanne Lenglen, Dartford College, Los Angeles, United States, Anstey College, Barcelona Olympics, Daily Mirror, English Channel, Football Association, Ling Association, Miss Buss, Regent Street Polytechnic, Social Darwinism, South African New!
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